MACC collaborated with FBI on 1MDB probe

KUALA LUMPUR — July 22, 2016: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission today confirmed that it had established collaboration with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation over the investigation related to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

However, the collaboration was only confined to possible embezzlement and money laundering by a businessman said to have cheated 1MDB, the commission said in a statement.

“In respect of the report by the US Department of Justice related to 1MDB, MACC confirms that it had established collaboration with the FBI. This is because the two sides have had a long working relationship.” — Bernama